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Stafford Barlowe (cq), left, talks about the resources he was forced to use when his daughter Sonja Barlowe (cq), right, 18, then 16 ran away from home three times and developed a drug addiction along the way. She is back home and in treatment now. Advocates of a new bill that would make it a misdemeanor for teens to run away say the proposed law would have gotten her help sooner. Some youth advocates fear the bill could backfire, noting that teens often run away from home to escape abuse. The bill, they argue, would tag them with a criminal record. (EVAN SEMON/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) **Stafford Barlowe (cq), Sonja Barlowe (cq)

Stafford Barlowe (cq), left, talks about the resources he was forced to use when his daughter Sonja Barlowe (cq), right, 18, then 16 ran away from home three times and developed a drug addiction along the way. She is back home and in treatment now. Advocates of a new bill that would make it a misdemeanor for teens to run away say the proposed law would have gotten her help sooner. Some youth advocates fear the bill could backfire, noting that teens often run away from home to escape abuse. The bill, they argue, would tag them with a criminal record. (EVAN SEMON/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) **Stafford Barlowe (cq), Sonja Barlowe (cq)

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Stafford Bartlowe, left, talks about the resources he used when his daughter, Sonja Bartlowe, right, 18, ran away from home when she was 16 and developed an addiction to methamphetamine. She eventually was arrested and put in a treatment program. She is now living on her own.

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Stafford Barlowe (cq), left, talks about the resources he was forced to use when his daughter Sonja Barlowe (cq), right, 18, then 16 ran away from home three times and developed a drug addiction along the way. She is back home and in treatment now. Advocates of a new bill that would make it a misdemeanor for teens to run away say the proposed law would have gotten her help sooner. Some youth advocates fear the bill could backfire, noting that teens often run away from home to escape abuse. The bill, they argue, would tag them with a criminal record (/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) ********Stafford Barlowe, Sonja Barlowe

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2006-01-29 17:09:18

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